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elizabethlk's review against another edition
4.0
For such a brief introduction (176 pages) to such a broad topic, I feel like Introducing Feminism: A Graphic Guide did an admirable job of covering a broad range of the history and types of western feminism.
This is probably the first introduction to feminism that I've read that included this level of detail on the history of feminism. Beginning before the first wave was even close and leading all the way up to the time when the book was published (2007), it covers a wide variety of feminists, concepts, events, and reading materials. I do feel like it lumped the beginning of the third wave in with the second wave. I also think that it glossed over some rather important topics, although I am not surprised, as many of the international feminist efforts, non-white feminist efforts, LGBTQ+ feminist efforts, and disabled feminist efforts have really only been so in the forefront since the time this book was written. It did manage to cover lesbians in feminism and black women in feminism all throughout the history it presented. Jenainati managed to keep any biases out of the writing when discussing various feminist views throughout time, often switching between one viewpoint and its opposing viewpoint in order to provide the full picture. The illustrations were a nice touch that added to the readability of the book.
While not a complete view of feminism, it is incredibly broad for such a short read. I would definitely recommend Introducing Feminism: A Graphic Guide to anyone looking for a quick introduction to the history of feminism. It is definitely a good starting point for anyone who isn't sure where to start, whether they be adults or teens.
This is probably the first introduction to feminism that I've read that included this level of detail on the history of feminism. Beginning before the first wave was even close and leading all the way up to the time when the book was published (2007), it covers a wide variety of feminists, concepts, events, and reading materials. I do feel like it lumped the beginning of the third wave in with the second wave. I also think that it glossed over some rather important topics, although I am not surprised, as many of the international feminist efforts, non-white feminist efforts, LGBTQ+ feminist efforts, and disabled feminist efforts have really only been so in the forefront since the time this book was written. It did manage to cover lesbians in feminism and black women in feminism all throughout the history it presented. Jenainati managed to keep any biases out of the writing when discussing various feminist views throughout time, often switching between one viewpoint and its opposing viewpoint in order to provide the full picture. The illustrations were a nice touch that added to the readability of the book.
While not a complete view of feminism, it is incredibly broad for such a short read. I would definitely recommend Introducing Feminism: A Graphic Guide to anyone looking for a quick introduction to the history of feminism. It is definitely a good starting point for anyone who isn't sure where to start, whether they be adults or teens.
elmolibrary's review against another edition
4.0
one sit reading, if I say.
It was not hard at all to finish the book. If you want to go deeper into feminism theory, you might want to read this as your brief understanding.
I do not understand with people who think this book is not good enough. Perhaps, those people really expect that this book is consider as the book of feminist theory as a whole which is not. This book only tell us about the brief history or movement about feminism. The women who inside the feminist theory and liberation, the history and the issue in feminism it all inside this book. It helps me a lot tho for my undergraduate thesis.
The nice thing about this book is they put pictures about the figure and it looks like a graphic novel. I really recommend the book because I guess it good enough for starter.
It was not hard at all to finish the book. If you want to go deeper into feminism theory, you might want to read this as your brief understanding.
I do not understand with people who think this book is not good enough. Perhaps, those people really expect that this book is consider as the book of feminist theory as a whole which is not. This book only tell us about the brief history or movement about feminism. The women who inside the feminist theory and liberation, the history and the issue in feminism it all inside this book. It helps me a lot tho for my undergraduate thesis.
The nice thing about this book is they put pictures about the figure and it looks like a graphic novel. I really recommend the book because I guess it good enough for starter.
dinoreads's review against another edition
2.0
i loooove the concept. the short easy explanations of key words/events with graphics is amazing. it’s very focused on UK/US (which was specified on the first page, which I appreciated), so could be much more diverse, focus on a few important things (the only thing about Judith Butler was cross-dressing which hmm, doesn’t seem like the most important thing of her work (important nonetheless). so: concept great, content not so much.
swalls95's review against another edition
4.0
this book is very good; gives a clear, precise but detailed look at the historical events that have shaped the three waves of feminism.
eceaydin's review against another edition
4.0
I think graphic guides help people to learn things more affectively. I admire this series a lot.
About the book, it gives you a time travel throughout the history of good ol' feminism and introduces diffrent waves and representatives. It refers to suffragette movement, pornography, Freud, womanizm, LBTQ community, motherhood and much more..
About the book, it gives you a time travel throughout the history of good ol' feminism and introduces diffrent waves and representatives. It refers to suffragette movement, pornography, Freud, womanizm, LBTQ community, motherhood and much more..
skttrbrn's review against another edition
4.0
An excellent introduction to feminist thought, the development of women's rights and a broad background on key texts and figures. A significant shortcoming of this book is a complete lack of coverage of third-wave feminism and only a cursory glance at non-Western feminist activity.